Sunday, 29 October 2017

THE 2017 Ordinary level Mathematics paper which was written
last week allegedly leaked a few hours before it was sat for at Kamativi
Secondary School in Matabeleland North, it has been learnt.

Zimsec spokesperson Ms Nicky Dlamini said the examination
body has instituted an investigation to find out if the paper was original
following reports that it was circulated on WhatsApp platform by a private
candidate a few hours before the examination started.

“A boy has been apprehended and he is helping police with
investigations on the alleged leakage of the paper. Investigations are ongoing
to find out if the paper was really ours and for now nothing can be done until
we have that evidence,” she said.

A source close to the investigations told Sunday News that
a church leader from Harare, and a soldier stationed in Masvingo (names
withheld) were arrested alongside a private candidate Crispen Munkombwe on
allegations of leaking the paper.

The police could not confirm the arrests at the time of
going to print. According to the source, Munkombwe, originally from Chief Saba
area in Binga but staying at Mtshibi Camp in Hwange National Park, sat for the
paper at Kamativi Secondary at around 8am.

He allegedly received a handwritten exam paper via
WhatsApp.

The questions on the handwritten paper later turned out to
be the same as those that were in the original paper.

“Munkombwe, who was not yet known to anyone in Kamativi
arrived at the school at 4.30am and approached a private teacher whom he told
that he was looking for someone who could help him answer some Mathematics
questions.

The teacher could not help him and he proceeded to other
private candidates who were supplementing like him,” said a source at the
school.

Sunday News was told that Munkombwe allegedly shared the
questions with other private candidates in the morning.

However, recently Zimsec dismissed rumours that an original
Maths paper had been leaked after some pupils brought to school an exam paper
they said was a Mathematics 2017.

The dummy was being sold for $300. Zimsec director, Mr Esau
Nhandara, recently said they had instituted tight security measures to curb
examination paper leaks. Sunday News